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Chapter 53

”Seems no one was able to hit Tier 3 this immersion.” James said, looking over the Dungeon Core chat briefly.

”Well,” Rue said, ”did you really expect them to?”

”Not really.”

It was the last hour of the final day immersion for adventurers, while James knew he still had a whole day to tweak his dungeon without adventurers present, before he too would be logged out. He glanced at his character screen, sighing.

Glyax Tier 2 Rank 4 Dungeon

Mob Type: Random

176,378 xp

3,622 xp to next rank

123,622 xp to next Tier

Resources: 119 of 2500

Currency: 0 copper 0 silver 5 gold 0 platinum

Dungeon Tokens: 6

He was just short of hitting Rank 5, a fact that did not sit well with him. The gamer in him loved competition, and more than anything, he loved being on the top. From what he could tell on the forums, he was definitely in the top rankings for dungeon cores, but he wasn't the best.

The best dungeon core, run by someone with the username Blank, was a Tier 2 Rank 7 dungeon. The next highest was a Tier 2 Rank 5 dungeon, and then James, sitting at Tier 2 Rank 4. He was hoping a group would wipe and push him to the next rank within the next hour, so he could at least be tied for second.

James had no idea how Blank had managed to climb so much higher than everyone else, especially given the fact their dungeon mob type appeared to be….candy. Like, was it really that dangerous of a mob?

”Anyone look like they might wipe?” He really wanted that next Rank.

Even as he spoke, his eyes were drawn to a flashing instance. He knew the alert wasn't for the Knights or Skar's group. Both had finished their dives less than an hour ago, and James knew from listening on their conversations, that they were going to call it for this immersion session.

Each member of the Knight's had managed to reach level 24, though they had failed to defeat the Terminus. This was because following their fight, James had not only applied his upgrade points to his boss and mini boss, giving them nasty new surprises, he had also gained Rank 3, putting his boss at level 27, and his miniboss at level 22.

That wasn't to say the Knight's hadn't had a few successes. They had managed to slay B.L.U. multiple times, gaining them not only a nice chunk of experience and an achievement, titled Raptor Tamer, but Oak had gotten one of B.L.U.'s rare drops. This drop was a smaller version of B.L.U.'s chainsaw tail, turned into a longsword. James had to admit, Oak had begun looking quite formidable with his Tricera-cog shield and Chainsword, though the Demonic Farmer gear the group still wore definitely detracted from their cool factors.

Skar's group, on the other hand, managed to reach level 21, gaining the group their first access to their subclasses. James had to admit, he enjoyed watching both teams grow immensely, and was really looking forward to not only their battles with the Terminus, but also their growth on his later floors. He was also looking forward to when the groups replaced their ridiculous looking demonic farm gear, as Skar's team was now also sporting a full set of it. Seriously, that gear just looked silly in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

”Is that-”

”-yes.” The group that had set James's alert off was none other than Dwight's group.

The ill equipped, poorly planned team of bullies had made frequent ventures into James's dungeon, but rarely made groundbreaking success. James found great satisfaction in watching them struggle, and on more than one occasion, at least two of their party fell in combat, earning him some extra experience.

It was this tendency of theirs, that had James excited now. The clock was ticking down, and he couldn't help but watch as the group made their way through his first floor, heading directly towards his second floor.